Global economic experts are increasingly questioning the current system's effectiveness in dealing with debt crises. A central figure in this debate is Martin Guzman, a prominent economist and former finance minister of Argentina. He, along with other influential voices, argues that the ambitious framework that emerged after the Second World War is no longer suitable for today's…
Category: Ukraine
Towards a more peaceful world despite Ukraine
Hans Blix believes in a more peaceful world despite ongoing conflicts such as the Ukraine war. Blix is a well-known lawyer, formerly internationally responsible for disarmament and a former UN official. Blix argues that the threat of nuclear weapons deters large-scale war. But nuclear weapons are inherently too dangerous. The Second World War raised many people's opposition to war as a solution and has contributed to demands for…
The right thinks the poor should eat less
Poor people should eat less. At the same time, 500 people in Sweden cannot afford basic expenses and certainly no greed inflation. In 000, 2022% of households lacked a buffer for unforeseen expenses. But the right's solution to inflation is that low-income earners should reduce their consumption of electricity, heat and food. Therefore, many Swedes now have to lower the temperature...
No government deficits – society's unnecessary straitjacket
Vote for bigger government deficits! Deficits are part of how the state regulates the market and protects citizens and nature. Neoliberalism attacks this. How is money created? Can we afford to work? Sweden's Riksbank's prize in economic science in memory of Alfred Nobel in 2022 suggested that banks have an important role for the social economy even if this can…
Trickle-down economics has reached the end of the road
Comedian Jonathan Pie shows with pinpoint brilliance in the video below how Trickle-down economics with his mantra: "Help the rich! Punish the poor!” not working. Trickle-down economics does not build a strong economy nor a strong welfare. Put simply, it leads to a very difficult existence for those who have the least. Even many high achievers…
Normal inflation means both rising prices and wages
The last year's inflation has mostly meant rising prices. Wages and welfare have not kept up. Result: record-breaking cash register at e.g. ICA and many energy companies. Politicians especially within the right but also within the social democratic movement and trade unions contribute. They urge the wage earners not to demand compensation for increased prices. This is because our inflation…
The Left Party advocates policies for higher wages
The left party wants higher wages by raising the floor in welfare. A raised floor will lead to higher wages, increased equality for those who are out of work and better competitiveness for the industrial nation of Sweden.
The more pressured, the more dangerous Putin is
An increasingly pressured Putin initially believed in a walking victory in Ukraine. Instead, the military operation has evolved into the most brutal of invasions. But Ukraine, with commendable support from the West, is effectively resisting. But if Putin loses the war, he will likely have to step down. Then his future fate and perhaps also life is in danger. This makes a…
The right tries to blame post-Covid inflation on welfare and deficit policies
Our inflation post-Covid, the right tries to blame welfare and deficit policy. Just like in the 1970s. The Wall Street Journal says that the national economists will now have to reevaluate their view of the national economy after Covid. Just like after the financial crisis of 2008. But this is calm according to the right because the crisis today with higher inflation is reminiscent of the one in the 1970s and therefore know…
The euro would undermine Sweden's independence and welfare
With the Euro, Sweden is no longer fully a state. We can then no longer be able to create money to strengthen industrial production. Now there are forces that want to use crises such as the Corona pandemic and the war in Ukraine to get us into the euro cooperation EMU. This is advocated, among other things, by venture capitalist Christer Gardell in Dagens…